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eye movement desensitization & reprocessing therapy (EMDR)
Indications:
- treatment of childhood PTSD [1]
Procedure:
- consists of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with saccadic eye movements induced by following examiners' fingers while the patient recall trauma
- 6 45 minute sessions
General
cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
References
- Geller B
Brief Psychotherapies Can "Cure" Childhood PTSD
Physician's First Watch, July 24,2017
David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief
Massachusetts Medical Society
http://www.jwatch.org
- de Roos C et al.
Comparison of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
therapy, cognitive behavioral writing therapy, and wait-list
in pediatric posttraumatic stress disorder following single-
incident trauma: A multicenter randomized clinical trial.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2017 Jun 28;
PMID: 28660669